This song is about both Bono's mother and, as someone said earlier, man's wish to preserve the world in technology, which only becomes more relevant over the years. The relationship is that the only physical memory Bono has of his mother is a video recording of her in a lemon dress, hence the name.
The lyrics "A man makes a picture - a moving picture
Through light projected he can see himself up close
A man captures colour - a man likes to stare
He turns his money into light to look for her" obviously refer to that idea of capturing the world via video.
This also kind of ties in with the video - that whole theme of capturing moments by video.
Anyway, it's a great song, and it's probably about as far away from classic U2 as it's possible to get, lyrically and audially.
This song is about both Bono's mother and, as someone said earlier, man's wish to preserve the world in technology, which only becomes more relevant over the years. The relationship is that the only physical memory Bono has of his mother is a video recording of her in a lemon dress, hence the name.
The lyrics "A man makes a picture - a moving picture Through light projected he can see himself up close A man captures colour - a man likes to stare He turns his money into light to look for her" obviously refer to that idea of capturing the world via video.
This also kind of ties in with the video - that whole theme of capturing moments by video.
Anyway, it's a great song, and it's probably about as far away from classic U2 as it's possible to get, lyrically and audially.